Source: Dustin Penner Close To Signing Two Year, $7MM Deal

What the fuck, right? That familiar old term of contention, deal in principle, applies to this situation, but only in so far as the papers haven’t been processed.

We heard about this last night but hesitated in posting it out of a) disbelief and b) disgust. Ultimately that disgust churned itself into ire and as we are no stranger to lashing out against Lombardi’s idiotic moves, we felt it necessary to share. Partly out of a petty sense of commiseration.

I’m not totally sure what Penner will be paid each year, or exactly what his cap hit will be. What we were told was “the deal is for two years and about $7 million”. Aaaaah. Okay fine, Penner hasn’t been utter shit since being out on a line with Stoll and Lewis. Good enough to where I had warmed to the idea of him returning next season but in my head that was always for a big pay cut, as in, at the MOST half of his current $4.25 per year. If Lombardi has to overpay for what truly is one of the season’s biggest league-wide disappointments, then the man is more incompetent when it comes to contract negotiations than I thought, which is saying something. It’s like finding out that a deaf person can’t even read. Or that the really ugly chick at work with the great tits is just stuffing her bra.

This must be sympathy money for losing his trophy wife? Maybe it is new seed money to help him land a new trophy wife?

Maybe it is money to sign up for a summer hockey boot camp to relearn how to skate, check, pass, fight, battle, and score, along with some sports shrinks to find out why he is so lost and confused out on the ice?

This news is proof that DL does not ever read this blog or related tweets, since about 99% of us here vent that he is unable to play hockey in the majors any longer. Ditto for Sutter.

Maybe the Mafia is behind this.

DL and Sutter know we here will be outraged and they are doing this to piss us off more.
This news is basically ruining my Sunday.
I need to cool off with some Bloody Mary’s
and send hate mail to DL.

But meanwhile, reality is settling in like the dirt shoveled onto a freshly dug grave.

What I feared most — that the final two games of the season would actually have meaning — has come to pass. Here it is — noo-clear combat toe-to-toe with the Roo-skies! We can win the division or tumble down to the shit side of the playoffs. For real hockey fans that’s what this game is all about.